A teacher noticed that a little boy at the back of the class was squirming around,
scratching his crotch, and not paying attention.
She went back to find out what was going on.
He was quite embarrassed and whispered that he had just recently been circumcised and was quite itchy.
The teacher told him to go down to the principal’s office.
He was to telephone his mother and ask her what he should do about it.
He did this and returned to class. about it.
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